Distinctions

Research Interests

I am interested in community and evolutionary ecology of insect herbivores, especially in
rainforest ecosystems. The main areas of my interest include local and regional patterns of
tropical insect diversity, organisation of insect communities, and insect-plant interactions,
as well as the methodology of biodiversity surveys, biodiversity conservation, environmental
education and parataxonomist training.

Novotny, V. & Missa, O. (2000) Local and regional species richness in the tropics: sap-sucking insects (Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) from a lowland rain forest site and the island of New Guinea. Ecological Entomology25, 445-451. [ pdf file ]

Seminars

Cambridge University, Charles University (Prague), Essen University (Essen), Griffith University (Brisbane), Harvard
University (Cambridge), Imperial College (Silwood Park), Institute of Entomology (C. Budejovice), Oxford University,
Palacky University (Olomouc), Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (Panama), University of
California (Los Angeles), University of Hawaii (Honolulu), University of James Cook (Cairns),
University of Panama (Panama), University of South Bohemia (C. Budejovice), University of
Wales (Cardiff), Wuerzburg University (Wuerzburg).